Wallace Aristide
Wallace Aristide of Miami was born in Nassau, Bahamas, moved to Florida in 1969 and spent about 35 years in Miami-Dade public schools, including as principal of Miami Northwestern Senior High; he was named Principal of the Year in 2014. He holds a criminal-justice degree from Bethune-Cookman University and a master's in education from Nova Southeastern. He ran for the Miami-Dade County Commission in 2022 and was elected to the Florida House in 2024.
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Positions on the major issues
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Immigration Strongly disagrees· based on record
Voted against SB 2-C (2025), the February 2025 special-session immigration law that created a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, made entering Florida as an unauthorized immigrant a state crime and required local cooperation with federal detention.
Guns Strongly agrees· based on record
Voted no on HB 759 (March 26, 2025) and voted no on HB 133 (Jan. 15, 2026); both bills would have lowered the minimum age to buy a rifle from 21 to 18; each passed the House and died in the Senate.
Elections & voting Strongly agrees· based on record
Voted no on CS/CS/HB 991 when it passed the House on Feb. 25, 2026 and no on final House passage March 12, 2026. CS/CS/HB 991 (2026), now law (Ch. 2026-26), requires the state to verify voters' U.S. citizenship using driver-license and other government records and removes student and retirement-home IDs from the IDs accepted at the polls.
No public position found on 15 issues
We searched campaign sites, questionnaires, interviews, votes and official actions and did not find a clear stance on: Taxes & spending, Property taxes, Property insurance, Housing affordability, Abortion, Health care, Education & school choice, Environment & water, Growth & development, Marijuana, Crime & policing, Gender identity laws, Energy & utilities, Trump administration, Veterans. This is reported as unknown rather than guessed from party affiliation; these issues are excluded from this candidate's match score.
Other issues this candidate has raised
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Record: votes, actions and documented facts
- Voted against SB 2-C (2025), the February 2025 special-session immigration law that created a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, made entering Florida as an unauthorized immigrant a state crime and required local cooperation with federal detention.Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
- Voted no on CS/HB 1517 (2025), which would have allowed parents to sue for the wrongful death of an unborn child (excluding the mother and providers of lawful care); passed the House 79-32 on April 9, 2025 and died in the Senate.
- Voted no on CS/HB 289 (2026), which would have allowed parents to sue for the wrongful death of an unborn child (excluding the mother and providers of lawful care); passed the House 76-34 on Jan. 15, 2026 and died in the Senate.
- Voted no on final House passage of CS/HB 1205 (2025), the law (Ch. 2025-21) that added new rules, registration requirements and penalties for citizen initiative petition drives; passed 81-30 on May 1, 2025.